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Currencies and equities to weather Fed hikes

Latin America’s financial markets have largely shrugged off yesterday’s US interest rate hike, as well as upward revisions to Fed officials’ rate projections – currencies and dollar bonds have made only very small losses and most are still up month-to-date. Looking ahead, while we expect the region’s dollar bonds to come under further pressure next year, currencies and equities should fare better.

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